Atari 50: The First Console War

It’s about to go down! In a series of exclusive interviews, the game makers who lived through the first console war explain how and why this unique chapter of video-game history unfolded.

Release date:8 Nov 2024
Developer:Digital Eclipse
Publisher:Atari
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$7.99
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Historical low prices $6.79
About Atari 50: The First Console War
It’s about to go down! Well before the current day console wars dominated social media and message boards, Atari's VCS and Intellivision collided in the first major video game rivalry in 1979. The battle only intensified when Intellivision started making games for the VCS, its fiercest rival's machine! In a series of exclusive interviews, the game makers who lived through the first console war explain how and why this unique chapter of video-game history unfolded.

Features:


  • 19 new games including several rare M Network prototypes available here for the first time
  • New timeline video interviews with M Network programmer Jane Terjung, Activision’s David Crane & Garry Kitchen, homebrew programmer Dennis Debro, and historians Leonard Herman & Mike Mika
Release date
8 Nov 2024
Platforms
Developer
Digital Eclipse
Publisher
Atari
Game modes
Single-player,
Online multiplayer,
Co-op,
PvP,
Steam features
Family Sharing,
Steam Achievements,
Steam Cloud,
Steam Trading Cards,

System Requirements

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 10 or higher
  • Processor: Intel i3 @ 3.0GHz or AMD equivalent.
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT or greater
  • Storage: 2 GB available space